Shinelle Proctor
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Anguillian |
| Born | 27 June 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | 60m |
Shinelle Proctor (born 27 June 1991) is an Anguillan sprinter and high jumper.[1] She competed in the 60 metres event at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her older sister is the Anguillian long-jumper Shara Proctor.[2]
Athletics career
[edit]Proctor competed in the 60 metre indoor and 100 metre outdoor sprints, triple jump and high jump. She holds the national high jump record for Anguilla and won a bronze medal at the 2009 CARIFTA Games.[3] In 2010, she was part of a three person team representing Anguilla at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, alongside sprinter Zharnel Hughes and long jumper Ricio Welch.[4] The next year, Proctor competed in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in South Korea.[5] She competed in the 100 metres, however she did not make it out of her heat, finishing fourth in Heat 1.[6] Switching disciplines again, she competed in the high jump for Anguilla at the Commonwealth Games in the 2014 Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[7] She finished joint-last in the qualifying round.[8] Proctor also competed at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60 metre but failed to get out of the heat.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Proctor was born in The Valley, Anguilla.[10] She is the sister of long jumper Shara Proctor, who has represented Anguilla, Great Britain and England.[2] Proctor underwent secondary schooling at Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School in The Valley and then attended university in the United States at the University of Illinois on an athletics scholarship.[4][10] In 2012, she transferred to the University of Missouri in order to gain her degree in Parks Recreation and Tourism.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Shinelle Proctor". IAAF. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- 1 2 Bull, Andy (12 March 2012). "Christine Ohuruogu helps win 4x400m gold as Britain claim record haul". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ↑ O'Neal, Rey. "History of OECS Athletics" (PDF). BVI Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Proctor heading small team to regional games". Stabroek News. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Anguilla Participates in 2011 World Athletics Championships in South Korea". The Anguillian. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "100 Metres Result | 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "ANGULLIAN ATHLETES AT GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The Anguillian. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "60 metres heats" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Shinelle Proctor". University of Illinois. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Senior Spotlight: Shinelle Proctor". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
